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NAMED VARIETIES OF SYRINGA VULGARIS (L) 



Alba grandiflora. Very large, pure 

 white single flowers. 



Albert the Good. An erect, vigor- 

 ous grower, with large spikes of red- 

 dish purple flowers. 



Amethyst. Violet -purple flowers 

 of fine size ; very prolific bloomer. 



Amoena. Claret -colored flowers ; 

 very fragrant. 



Charlemberg. A distinct variety ; 

 flowers very small, light purple shaded 

 with pink ; truss compact. 



Charles X. Leaves large and shin - 

 ing ; rather loose truss of reddish pur- 

 ple ; a rapid, strong grower. 



Colmariensis. Very large, pale 

 blue flowers and fine, glossy foliage ; 

 distinct and fine. 



Docteur Masters. Double. Spikes 

 one foot long ; flowers very light, 

 round, clear lilac, lighter in the middle. 



Edouard Andre. Large spikes of 

 clear rose flowers of irregular form, 

 buds darker. An early-flowering sort. 



Frau Bertha Dammann. One of 

 the best single sorts of recent intro- 

 duction. The truss is immense ; 

 flowers of medium size and pure white. 

 Profuse bloomer. 



Gloire de Moulins. Long, rosy 

 lilac panicles ; individual flowers very 

 large and fragrant. 



James Booth. Pale violet ; single. 



Languis. A new single variety, 

 blooming until late. Panicles large ; 

 individual flower of medium size ; 

 color rosy lilac, of a distinct shade. 



La Tour d'Auvergne. Flowers 

 double, very large ; violet-purple. A 

 strong grower. 



Le Gaulois. Panicles very large 

 and compact ; flowers double, deep 

 peach color. 



Lovaniensis. A very distinct shade 

 of silvery pink. The single flowers 

 are in large, erect panicles, and show 

 to good advantage. 



Marc Micheli. Very large spikes 

 of enormous double flowers. Clear 

 lilac-blue, nearly white underneath. 

 A pretty variety. 



Marie Le Gray. Large panicles of 

 single white flowers. Valuable for 

 forcing. 



Mathieu de Dombasle. Panicles 

 of medium size ; flowers small, very 

 double ; reddish mauve. Very free- 

 flowering. 



Michael Buchner. A dwarf grower, 

 with very large, erect panicles of very 

 double pale lilac flowers. Quite dis- 

 tinct. 



President Grevy. A very fine 

 double variety, with large panicles of 

 beautiful blue flowers. One of the best. 



President Loubet. Long, compact 

 spikes of enormous flowers, reddish 

 carmine in the bud and opening pur- 

 plish red. One of the darkest Lilacs. 



President Massart. Large panicles 

 of single flowers, red in the bud, 

 heliotrope when open. 



Prince Nottger. Single ; reddish 

 purple ; large truss. 



Princess Alexandra. One of the 



finest white varieties ; panicles large. 



Princesse Camille de Rohan. 



Single ; color same as S. vulgaris. 

 Truss dense ; the most compact of the 

 single varieties. 



Princesse Marie. Purewhite, single, 

 compact. Later than other varieties. 



Rubra de Marley. Single ; rich 

 rosy purple. 



Senateur Volland. Double flowers 

 of rosy red ; a fine variety. 



Souvenir de Ludwig Spaeth. 

 Panicles long; individual flowers large, 

 single, dark purplish red ; distinct ; 

 superb. The finest of its color. 



Verschaffelt. Single; dark red in 

 bud, lilac when open; distinct. 



Ville de Trpyes. Fine; has large 

 panicles of single dark purple flowers. 



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